My sweet baby is getting so big! We just had to buy him new tennis shoes today because he LOVES being outside, and all his soft-soled shoes get so muddy and wet. He looks like such a little boy in them. I guess he is becoming a little boy because he was 10 months old yesterday. Not that he knows he is only 10 months old... he started walking today! He took 3-4 steps twice already today. Once between chairs and once from a chair to the open front door! As exciting as it is, I know that we are in for some pretty good bangs and bruises because he just lets go now and goes for it. Here are a couple videos of him pushing his toy wagon around. He does not hold back at all!
He is a happy, happy boy. Everyone loves his waves and his smiles. He is an absolute joy to watch play, interact with others, and learn. He has always been a talker, but he has REALLY started jabbering now- especially when he gets excited or is trying to talk to little girls (he prefers the blondes- haha!). As far as real words, he pretty much says "da" for everything. Although he definitely says it deliberately for "dada" and "dog." He tries really hard to say "ball," and he occasionally gets that right. He has also said "mama" twice, but only when crying.
He is such a sweetheart and loves to give kisses... just get ready for an open mouth one! He also loves to play rough. He is always making his cars crash into each other, banging his head against his Daddy's, and being thrown in the air or tickled on the bed. He has totally gotten into playing ball and cannot get enough of it. He gets so excited when he sees one of his balls and begins throwing/rolling it toward us.
This is how I find him so often... either here looking out the door or pulled up at the window in our dining room. He is so good at spotting squirrels in the yard, birds hopping through the grass, cars going by, and his favorite- someone walking a dog.
He still loves to look at books and often goes and gets them out all on his own. He loves to point at the pictures, and he is really into books where he can either lift the flaps to see something underneath or ones where he can run his fingers across different textures. So neat to see him figuring things out and exploring.
We are trying so many new foods now. He still eats baby food but has definitely started rejecting it sometimes forcing me to find something else for him to eat. Our current favorite is ham, but today we also tried a new southwest taquito and chic-fil-a nuggets. Hoping to get more into fruits and veggies, but not much luck with those so far.
Here is a video of Cole signing for more and please... I didn't think I was into baby sign language until it became a choice between signing or grunting/hollering. Haha.
He is also developing such a funny little personality. He does stuff all the time just because he can tell we think it is funny. He loves to dance- especially at the table. My dad got him doing this crazy thing where he moves back and forth in his highchair. It is really funny, but it makes it tough to hit his mouth when he is eating. Today he totally pooped out of his diaper while we were walking around the mall. He had to go naked the rest of our time there... and LOVED it! When we walked out the wind was really blowing, and he just kept putting his hands up in the air like he was trying to fly away. It was so funny!
Can you tell he likes to be naked?!?!
Here are a few pictures from my first Mother's Day. It was such a great day. Cole was such a good boy. We went out to lunch with some good friends from church, and Cole took such a good nap that Murray and I even got to take a nap together. 
That afternoon we headed to the park by our house to have a cookout with our neighbors. Murray got in on a pretty intense family football game with them. It was a lot of fun and a nice way to end a great day.
And for your viewing pleasure- here is a quick video of Cole riding his ice cream truck through the house.
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